REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesia U-20 national team coach Indra Sjafri said his children are now shifting their focus to the second match of Seoul Earth On Us Cup 2024. The U-20 team will play Thailand U-20 at Mokdong Stadium in South Korea on Friday (30/8/2024), after crushing Argentina 2-1 in the inaugural match yesterday.
“After yesterday we finished the match against Argentina, today we are recovering because the distance between the matches is only one day,” Indra said through the official statement of the PSSI in Jakarta on Thursday (29/8/2024).
“In the morning we have recovery and in the afternoon there is a discussion about yesterday's match, evaluation, and preparation of the game plan against Thailand tomorrow,” Indra said.
Although Thailand lost 1-4 to South Korea in the first match, Indra did not want his players to look down on the White Elephant Country team.
“I always stress that every game is important. Every game has to be approached with hard work and in accordance with what we agreed,” the 61-year-old coach said.
“That has to be implemented and it's really the job of the eleven players on the pitch after what we charge them,” he added.
The Seoul Earth On Us Cup was a tournament that Garuda Nusantara participated in to prepare for the 2025 U-20 Asia Cup Qualifier on Sept. In later qualifiers, Indonesia acted as hosts and was included in Group F along with Yemen, East Timor, and Maldives.
